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Lexicon :: Strong's H6002 - ʿămālēq

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עֲמָלֵק
Transliteration
ʿămālēq
Pronunciation
am-aw-lake'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
Strong’s Definitions

עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq, am-aw-lake'; probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country:—Amalek.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H6002 in the following manner: Amalek (24x), Amalekites (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H6002 in the following manner: Amalek (24x), Amalekites (15x).

  1. Amalek = "dweller in a valley"

    1. son of Eliphaz by his concubine Timnah, grandson of Esau, and progenitor of a tribe of people in southern Canaan

    2. descendants of Amalek

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq, am-aw-lake'; probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country:—Amalek.
STRONGS H6002: Abbreviations
עֲמָלֵק 39 proper name, of a people Amalek (on ָ֯ see LagBN 162 BaNB 160); — ancient people Numbers 24:20 (twice in verse), south of Canaan — in Negeb Numbers 13:29 (all J E), fierce and war-like Bedawin (compare GASmGeogr. 282 GFMJudges 6:3, 33), foes of Israel during Exodus Exodus 17:8 + 6 times Exodus 17 (E), Deuteronomy 25:17, 19; later marauders in Israel territory Judges 3:13; Judges 6:3, 33; Judges 7:12; Judges 10:12, defeated by Saul 1 Samuel 14:48; 1 Samuel 15:2 + 9 times 1 Samuel 14; 1 Samuel 28:18, and by David 1 Samuel 30:18 (compare H6003 adjective, of a people), 2 Samuel 8:12 = 1 Chronicles 18:11, compare Psalm 83:8; also הָע׳ 2 Samuel 1:1 (where read עֲמָלֵק or הָעֲמָלֵקִי, see Commentaries); ע׳ 1 Chronicles 4:43; as grandson of Esau Genesis 36:12 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:36; Genesis 36:16; apparently connected with Ephraimitic territory Judges 5:14 (compare [H6003 Judges 12:15]; yet GFM conjecture עֵמֶק). — On Amalek see NöAmalekites {1864}; Ency. Bi. under the word.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

36:12; 36:16

Exodus

17; 17:8

Numbers

13:29; 24:20

Deuteronomy

25:17; 25:19

Judges

3:13; 5:14; 6:3; 6:3; 6:33; 6:33; 7:12; 10:12

1 Samuel

14; 14:48; 15:2; 28:18; 30:18

2 Samuel

1:1; 8:12

1 Chronicles

1:36; 4:43; 18:11

Psalms

83:8

H6002

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Strong's Number H6002 matches the Hebrew עֲמָלֵק (ʿămālēq),
which occurs 39 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16 - Chief Korah,[fn] Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:8 - Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:11 - And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:16 - for he said, “Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - “The Amalekites dwell in the land of the South; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - Then he looked on Amalek, and he took up his oracle and said:

“Amalek was first among the nations,
But shall be last until he perishes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:17 - “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:19 - “Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - Then he gathered to himself the people of Ammon and Amalek, went and defeated Israel, and took possession of the City of Palms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:14 - From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek.
After you, Benjamin, with your peoples,
From Machir rulers came down,
And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Then all the Midianites and Amalekites, the people of the East, gathered together; and they crossed over and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites and Amalekites, all the people of the East, were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore in multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:12 - “Also the Sidonians and Amalekites and Maonites[fn] oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - And he gathered an army and attacked the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:5 - And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 - “Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” So Agag came to him cautiously. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - “Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD nor execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:18 - So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:1 - Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:12 - from Syria,[fn] from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:36 - And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi,[fn] Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna,[fn] Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43 - And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations—from Edom, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:7 - Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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